will this record at your driver side window,etc. in the event you get pulled over and you want to record the entire incident?
38217
The best way to answer your question is to show you. Watch this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngCkMu4ByHgAs you can see you can turn it to record whatever it's pointed at.
38218
Yes and No. I have not experienced this (luckily), but have given it some thought. Where mine is mounted on the windshield, it has a ball pivot for adjustment. With this, you can actually just reach up and give a 90 degree twist and it will catch what you want it to. The problem with this though is most police will ask you to turn off your car and ignition, so unless you keep a secondary hot switch to feed it power with the key off, recording will stop. I don't think you would want to hard wire it into power not shut off by the ignition key, otherwise you could potentially have a dead battery after prolonged (overnight?) parking. I'm not sure of the power amp/draw and how that effects things, just my thoughts.
2096533
Sure, as long as you have uninterrupted power to it.... like a cigarette lighter plug that stays on when the key is off. When you first turn it on the little screen on the back is lit and stays lit for maybe 10 or 15 seconds. Then it goes black but the camera is still recording. However, there is a little light on the bottom right corner that is usually blue but can be a mixture of blue and red when it's charging. That's the only indication that it's on. I plug mine into a under the seat power plug and just pull it half way out when parking. Then I push it back in the next time I drive and the camera comes on automatically. I love this little camera and bought one for one of my boys and he too loves it. The video from this little guy is awesome. Remember, if you have it positioned looking through the windshield it won't video the cop but it will record the dialog... the video will be whatever is right in front of you. I looked a long time before deciding on this camera and the instruction manual is very clear even if written in Asia. Be sure and order the memory chip when you order the camera. You can select the length of recording up to 5 minutes long and then a new clip starts automatically and has several of the last video's closing frames. This makes it very easy to find a particular clip for a particular time. It records several days of data. It also has GPS that stamps your speed etc. on the video. Like I said, awesome. I don't believe you'll be disappointed if you get this little guy. If you want to be totally stealthy you could put a tiny piece of black tape over the little blue light, or paint it but it's only like maybe 1/8" in diameter and not very bright. The audio picks up every sound in the car. You can listen to your tunes all over again when viewing the clips! Good luck!
1911810
It actually doesn't record unless you set it to record. it takes pictures everytime it detects motion....car passing, people, animals, wind blowing the tree branches, etc.
1082420
Yes it will. It is a stand alone camera with video and audio. If you click one of the buttons, it will save a 30 second clip from the point you click the button until 30 seconds ago (past). You can save as many 30 second clips as the camera will hold, which is a lot. If it is on, it will buffer video until the memory runs out, then start writing over the old stuff (FIFO). The 30 second clips will not be written over. At your convenience you can then save those clips off the camera and onto your computer via the USB charge cable. You can use the desktop app to do that, or you can just go to the camera folder itself and download from there. I believe you have to use the Desktop app to save the raw video buffer. I use it in my car/truck, then click 30 second video for catching interesting stuff that I see - like bad drivers etc.
1691800
Yes. That's the only way I use mine. When I turn on my car, it automatically turns on and starts recording.
2124245
You might consider a DASH CAM, as i believe those have internal batteries that charge while driving, and can still record while parked.
410413
No, the system gives no audible or visual cue that it is recording. Motion detection is pretty sensitive, even at the low setting. Snowflakes blowing by the camera will easily trigger a recording.
1820009
In overwrite mode it records continuously, everything from moment you start car until 10 seconds after you turn it off. When copying file to a computer you can edit it to loop action for veiwing or other needs.
1497089
If you have given direct battery connection, it can record vandalism at front and the rear with the motion sensor. But there is no video coverage at the sides.
271000
It needs to remain plugged in to your car power source. It will keep recording and will record over the already recorded data after so many hours. Just a quick note........I made comments after the one I got and said how good it was, I got another one for my second car and it only worked for a few days then quit, it had to be returned
178335
Yes, it does record audio and the quality is good. Just remember not to turn your radio up to loud. It faintly picked up a conversation outside of the car (radio was off and windows were down).
1682403
As far as i know it's for situations such as sudden stops or impacts, to be able to record these events as a black box would do.
303351
depends on mode of the display unit. If in multi-camera mode then yes will record all. However audio is only captured when in single camera mode.
364807
No, to the first question. It will pick up the whole screen. I haven't tried to record only partial screen capture, but I did not see any options to do that. It will pick up any sound that goes through the sound device you are using at the time of recording. I hope this helps.
1068731
yes it have motion detection so if someone pss by ypur car it will stsrt recording
858626
Hi! as long as you have it hooked up to the Cigarette Lighter and connected to the device, it will automatically turn on and off, record and overlap until you need the video, if in an accident or similar; when you need video, I would suggest you disconnect right away to make sure a new recording doesn't overlap the one you need but you have plenty of space so theoretically - should be fine; great device to have inside vehicle.
523585
It will record video and audio as long as the unit is on. If you turn off your computer that receives the signal, it will obviously not record. You can set it to overwrite old recordings if you fill up the allotted time. There are two settings to view recordings: one for motion detection, the other is straight recording- I do both. I can then fast forward, or slow forward in 6 second intervals.